|
|
| |
Greetings, Quotaholics:
I don’t lie well. I get all flustered and can’t look at the person directly.
If I’m on the phone, I get all tongue tied and can’t speak straight. I’m
a horrible liar. Even if there is a good reason to lie.
Telephone survey taker: Do you have three minutes to spare?
Me: Um, no. I mean, I’m really busy right now (Computer game
on pause while I answer the phone).
TST: This will only take a minute.
Me: I, um, really can’t, um, talk right now. (Ready to get up
and start pacing).
Even more disconcerting is when this happens at work. I’m getting a bit
better at blocking calls the bosses don’t want to take. But I’m so relieved
when they really ARE with a client or on the other line or even out of
the office that I could nearly faint with glee. I don’t know if it is
still discernible, but the “He/She is busy right now, can I take a message?”
is slipping out a bit easier so hopefully no one knows I’m lying.
My son is an excellent liar. He always has been. Even as a small child
he could lie gracefully. As an adult, it is scary. I know when he is lying
only if his story is implausible or he is spouting something as “fact”
when I know he has no way (or reason) to know it. Luckily he doesn’t lie
for bad reasons. As an example:
Curious tourist: What type of plant is that?
Son, trying to be helpful: It is a hibiscus. (My son knows nothing
about plants but says it with such conviction and forcefulness, no one
ever questions him - except his mother who knows better.)
Forbes.com
ran an article that is trying to make things even more difficult for me.
They ran “Ten Ways To Tell If Someone Is Lying To You” by Elisabeth Eaves
just to make sure I remain flustered.
Eaves says it is not just important for personal reasons, but because
business also depends on being able to tell if you are being snowed or
spoken to honestly. While innocent or white lies are not evil (and who
really wants to hear their new haircut makes them look like one of the
Three Stooges - especially if it is Larry), some lies have greater consequences.
Thing to watch:
1. Watch body language - especially sweating or fidgeting
2. Seek details - the more details someone must provide,
the more likely they are to slip up (this is where my son excels as he
can add details until the cows come home).
3. Beware unpleasantness - liars are less cooperative
than honest people, claim psychologists. They also make more negative
statements and complaints and can appear less friendly.
4. Observe eye contact - liars tend to not be able to
look straight at you.
5. Signs of stress - can be seen in dilated pupils or
raised vocal pitch.
6. Listen for the pause - most liars will take a moment
in order to get prepared for making up a story.
7. Ask again - have someone repeat their tale in order
to spot inconsistencies. As a caveat, beware, smart liars are able to
keep their stories straight better than dumb liars.
8. Beware those who protest too much - if the phrase
“to be honest” crops up over and over, you may want to assess the need
for it. Most people assume they will be trusted.
9. Know thyself - liars succeed because listeners don’t
really want to know the truth (see above with the haircut thing). Make
sure you aren’t just listening to have your basic assumptions proven.
10. Work on your intuition - try to enhance your own
ability to tell whether or not someone is telling you the truth. Try to
determine if the person speaking is behaving the way someone telling the
truth would behave.
It is more difficult to ferret out lies in print or on TV because we expect
newspapers or news broadcasts to tell the truth. This is not always the
case as in a few high profile cases in the recent past. If it doesn’t
sound correct, make an effort to check facts to see if you can believe
or trust the message.
Psychologists who study deception are quick to point out there is no sure
fire way to tell if someone is lying or not. Police investigators and
spies use many different interrogation tricks to try to catch people in
lies, but even they can be outwitted.
Gamblers and magicians use lying or misdirection to achieve their goals.
Most of us lie socially at times (again with the hair) but aren’t practiced
enough to make a career of it. In fact, people are more likely to believe
compliments and avoid painful truths, making it easier for liars around
the world.
Are you any good at lying? Does it matter what you are lying about? Can
you get away with an innocent white lie but cave when you are trying to
really tell a whopper? How many of the ten things do you do when you attempt
to lie?
Are you any good at detecting others who are lying to you? Does it matter
if it is a white lie or if someone is trying to pull a fast one over on
you?
The article says nothing about lying on the Internet, but does online
make it easier to lie and more difficult to tell truth from bologna? Does
all this lying make us just less trusting?
Honestly,
Comment
On This Article |
| |
|
| Isn’t
it worth $1 a month to you to keep RGQ going? Please click the
link and direct your contribution to keep RGQ going.
|
| |
“People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant
success is achieved.” - Anne Sullivan (quoted by Helen Keller in “The
Story of My Life”)
“Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed.” - Emily Dickinson
|
| |
Smooth Flight
[Thanks Bonnie]
Flying to Los Angeles
from San Francisco the other day, a passenger noticed that the “Fasten
Seat Belts” sign was kept lit during the whole journey, although the
flight was a particularly smooth one. Just before landing, he asked
the stewardess about it.
“Well,” she explained, “up front there are 17 University of California
girls going to Los Angeles for the weekend.
In back, there are 25 Coast Guard soldiers . . . What would you do?”
|
|
| |
“Beauty is a relation, and the apprehension of it a comparison.”
“The effect of studying masterpieces is to make me admire and do otherwise.”
“The poetical language of an age should be the current language heightened.”
- All by English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins born on this day in 1844
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
| |
| |
|
| |
|
Speak right up!
|
| |
Families
Yesterday was my wife’s mother’s family reunion. Although Mom
has been gone for several years now, as have her siblings, the kids
and grandkids have continued to plan to get together once a year as
we always have. With parental pleading no longer a factor, the
attendance is waning quickly. This
year we could almost fit everyone under one collapsible tent.
This seems to be the natural order of things in almost every other setting
except plants. Without the ability of locomotion, plants hang
around close to their parents throughout their lives. No so with
the fauna. Animals maintain a close family connection until the
youth is able to fend for themselves. Only humans and a few rare
animals maintain a life-long closeness to their offspring.
Most birds will have their young follow them around and waggle their
wings all the while holding their mouths open to be fed. Once
the youngster can fly and has begun to feed itself, it & parents
part ways. Not too differently, a lion cub will learn to hunt.
The male cub will leave the pride and go off to live a life of bachelorhood
until that faithful day he can discover a pride of lady lions who want
a boyfriend, or if he can better the reigning pride leader in a fight.
Opossums will carry around the entire family for a while. When
the family gets too heavy, the kids have to keep up on their own.
Mama will still feed them, but situations are a-changing. Soon,
the opossomites are left to fend for themselves and the oparents fade
off into the sunset each going their own way.
Dogs have been bred by humans to the point the natural instincts are
almost bred out of them, although, if left to their own devices and
they survive for any length of time at all, dogs revert to the pack
animals they once were. Rather than a family setting, it is a
hunting club setting, much like other carnivores. They stay in
a band to have an advantage over the prey, not because they are related
or like one another. A lone dog can enter and become part of a
pack if they show the right amount of submission, or, if they can ‘take
over’. A sibling pup may end up being forced out of the pack because
they can’t be forceful enough to take over, but they are too much the
Alpha type to be submissive.
It isn’t much different with humans. Our kids grow up and go off
to school or get a job. They get busy creating their own families
which, as any parent knows, is a lot of work. Spare time is focused
on the nuclear family instead of the extended family. As the extended
family members depart for other spiritual experiences, the ties weaken
and interaction decreases in frequency and opportunity.
Here’s your quiz:
Do you have regular family reunions?
If so, has attendance begun to decrease?
If not, did you at one point?
Do you plan regular visits with siblings or core family members?
Families - Almost Like They Are Related Or Something
Cliff (the High-Tech Redneck who doesn’t rate a fancy ’signature pic’)
Comment
on this article |
| |
|
|
Kirsten
had a lot going on and said she would fill us in on Friday. Here’s
an archive article.
Email Kirsten
"If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.
"
~ Rita Mae Brown ~
According to Wikipedia, there are currently 1556 endangered species
worldwide. That number is an underestimation of the true figures,
since it does not include animals excluded from laws like the Endangered
Species Act. It also does not count animals that have dwindling populations
but have not yet met the statisitical requirements for being endangered.
Almost every day we hear about some species that has become endangered,
or that someone is trying to claim is not endangered, or that could
become endangered.
Animals are put onto the endangered species list for a reason, and
that is to protect them from extinction. Once something is endangered,
it becomes illegal to hunt them, fish them, or destroy them. Programs
are put in place to improve their habitats and create circumstances
conducive to increasing their populations. In short, when an animal
is endangered, there are things we can do to reduce its chances of
becoming extinct.
The latest species to become endangered, however, is different. It
is endangered, and will almost certainly become extinct, and there
is absolutely nothing we can do about it. There is not a single law
we can enact, not a single program we can implement to slow the inevitable
demise of this creature. I speak, ladies and gentlemen, of none other
than the Y Chromosome, which is slowly but surely mutating its way
out of existence. In five million years, it will be no more - in evolutionary
terms, this is the blink of an eye.
Three hundred million years ago, the Y Chromosome had about 1400 genes
on it. Now there are only 45. If we continue on this path, the chromosome
will run out of genes in five million years. Of course, the Y Chromosome
only has one high-profile gene on it, the SRY gene that makes men,
well, men. Anyone with a basic knowledge of genetics knows that while
women carry two X Chromosomes, men carry one X Chromosome and one
Y Chromosome. A genetic role of the dice determines whether the X
or the Y gets passed on to the offspring, thereby determining whether
said offspring will be a boy or a girl.
On the face of it, the ongoing demise of the Y Chromosome spells bad
news for mankind. Without the Y Chromosome, only the X’s will be passed
on at the time of conception, meaning that we will end up with a population
of girls. When the girls grow up, they won’t have any men to do the
wild thing with, and the continuation of the human species will come
to a screeching halt.
Relax, fellas, Mother Nature isn’t that stupid. There is an excellent
chance that the process of evolution is already working on this conundrum,
quietly and without fuss. Research has shown that a number of rodent
species have no Y Chromosome and no SRY gene, but there are plenty
of males still running around. It looks as if another gene on another
chromosome has taken over the crucial task. At this point, we just
don’t know what the gene is. In humans, the backup gene could already
be in the process of evolving, so that when the Y Chromosome has hit
the history books, our procreative ability will be safe.
So now that I can go to sleep safe in the knowledge that my species
is safe for more than a few million years (genetically speaking, in
any case), I can now turn my attention to the really important question:
will men and women ever really understand each other?
Kaleidoscopically yours,
Kirsten
Comment
On This Article
|
| |
Why
does the gov’ment have to give its programs such cute little names?
Are Indiana kids better off being insured by "Hoosier Healthwise"?
"Indiana Children’s Insurance Program" isn’t as cute, but
it is certainly more descriptive.
"Desert Shield" and its aggressive big brother "Desert
Storm" are prime, if somewhat dated, examples of what I mean. We
didn’t have cute names for our other conflicts. I don’t remember ever
hearing World War II called "Nazi Mambo" and "Viet Conga"
would certainly have been more lyrical then the utilitarian "Viet
Nam War".
The Iraq War has not escaped the title frenzy. It is called "Operation
Iraq Freedom" by those in the know. If it had been up to me, the
euphemisms would have at least been more alliterative. How about "Our
Icky Iraq Adventure" or "Hey! Hey! You! You! get off of our
oil!" sung to the tune of Mick Jagger’s "Get Off My Cloud"?
It is a public relations issue more then anything else. Sound bites
are a staple of our culture, and their use may reflect the only form
of gov’ment efficiency in modern times. You don’t have to explain "Workfare".
Or "flat tax" to have adherents, whether or not the full import
of the program can be understood. The "war on Drugs" and "War
on Poverty" are also examples of the gove’ment’s pension for giving
things cute names so the rest of us will get with the program.
TJ, The Golden Retriever has threatened to hire a publicist. Not really,
he’d rather steal
food. He has, in exchange for a raw hide chew, and my vote in the next
mayoral election offered me the job.
So here goes:
1. The Vintage Disadvantage: This would explain why things that are
new, taste better then older things. If there is a pair of old, smelly
sneakers that I have forgotten to throw out, TJ will ignore their existence
with aplomb. This is a dog to whom something rotted in the garbage is
usually much more interesting then say expensive high quality dog food.
If, however, it is something recent and expensive, like my mother’s
$1500.00 hearing aid, he will dissect it with enthusiasm. Actually,
he used his teeth which is what caused the problem.
2. The Scent Rehabilitation Program: To you it is a smelly disgusting
corpse. A squirrel met its end on the road. It is sad, and you hope
the poor thing didn’t suffer. Your inclination is to pray the road crew
scoops it up with a shovel and removes it to somewhere you aren’t likely
to encounter it again.
To TJ and his ilk, that rotting squirrel is wasted in the dump. In fact,
if it was up to the Doggy Brigade, that luscious smell would be bottled
so that it would be easily available, say right after you have given
Poochie a bath. After all, your canine connoisseur knows that dead squirrel
is actually the fragrance you’re going for, and that if it was readily
available, you would abandon the use of such repellant scents as citrus
or flowers.
Finally, at least for this essay:
Puss In Flight: Your pussy cat may look content laying in the sun soaking
up rays. But, you should not let that purring contentment fool you.
Puss is just waiting for an excuse to run up a tree in abject terror.
That is when your friends at "PIF" are there to help. Each
dog in this group has taken an oath to scare the heck out of any cat
they encounter at any time of the day or night, or your money back.
Your fire department will thrill at the panicked calls from owners it
will get at 3:30 a.m. to rescue the stranded feline from its perch.
Your neighbors will be delighted at the screeching and barking they
will hear, especially if they’ve just dozed off.
Yes, you won’t know what entertainment is until you see a member of
our canine crew send kitty running for her life up your new curtains.
It is a thrill you just don’t want to miss. And, as we said earlier,
you will get your money back if not completely satisfied. Of course,
we mean the money you paid us for our services, not the hundreds of
dollars in property damage we caused.
As you can see, it really is how you put a thing that matters. You should
be able to bring an audience around to your way of thinking just by
what you call something. Once you get their approval, you should be
able to do anything you want, which was your intention in the first
place. Maybe I should offer my naming services to the (explicative deleted)
gov’ment.
Comment
On This Article
|
| |
Uses For WD-40
Thanks Herm
Keeps
flies off cows. (Plus the cow’s don’t squeek! lol)
|
| |
That was a little better. Try this.
Next opening line…
There was a young fellow named Price…
Hints:
Here’s a great new rhyming/composition tool. http://www.writerhymes.com/
There’s also a great rhyming dictionary at http://www.rhymezone.com/
Limerick rules. http://freespace.virgin.net/merrick.sheldon/limerickrules.htm
Submit
Opening Line
Submit
Limerick
A
newspaper writer named Fling
Had nothing to write, not a thing
He went looking for news
Wore out three pair of shoes
Got a flat tire and then a bee sting. - Bonnie |
A
newspaper writer named Fling
Wrote a story about his thing
Women were attracted
His name he enacted
By many he was viewed as king - Maria in Illinois |
A newspaper
man named Fling
could make a deaf man sing
he would write and write
from daylight until night
or until his wife said enough
of your lies and stuff - dEE |
A newspaper
writer named Fling—
wrote about just any old thing—
such as section Styles
which rose up his bile
talking about roses and rings. - Cassandra in New York |
A newspaper
writer named Fling
Could make copy from most anything
But the copy he wrote
Of a ten dollar note
Was so good he is now in Sing-Sing. - Author Unknown |
|
|
| |
Re: Storming The Bastille
I did not graduate from
college. I attended college and took the classes that I thought might
help me in the real world, computer programming and related ISD courses.
I had been working in the up and down world of aircraft industry and
construction. So with no job and no prospects, I went from Wichita,
Kansas to Oklahoma City and applied at T.G. & Y’s main headquarters
and got hired. I worked there for five years as a computer operator
then the shift supervisor. I went to Hertz Worldwide Reservation Center
and took a similar position and soon was transferred into programming.
Eight years later, I was offered a great position at the Oklahoma
Blood Institute as their Systems Manager and overall head honcho.
I soon became an expert in Networking, Security and started my own
consulting firm, Cassady Consulting. I had about a dozen companies.
I graduated into selling software, brokering hardware, besides doing
systems work. My income soared.
I guess what I am getting around to is we can do whatever we want,
the sky is the limit. We just need to find a niche and focus upon
that and be a skilled person. I am out of debt, own two homes, three
cars, have enough money to retire, make six figures, work for four
companies and set my own hours and life is grand. I do not really
work, work is play to me. There is zero stress in my life.
I give to my church, I help the less fortunate because I was there.
I lived in my car at one point in my life. But I became determined
to raise myself up, to do better and not just financially. Read the
help wanted in major newspapers, see what companies want, then obtain
the education needed, you will be surprised at what can happened in
your life. Never give in, never give up. - BJ in Oklahoma, who is
retiring to Kansas in Jan 2011
[I followed a similar path BJ but I never got
into management. I’m still a Cobol programmer. The problem
is after 30+ years I make enough that if I should get laid off nobody
will hire me at anything near my current salary. The market
is flooded with programmers from, or still in, India. Every
company I’ve worked for at some point brought in contractors from
India instead of paying their staff overtime to get a project done.
I’m sure it’s in large part my fault that I didn’t get into networking
or some other field that is still growing, but I was happy to do the
grunt work of keeping the systems running, and it appears that my
current job will allow me to remain there until I retire. But
we all know that a merger or buy-out could happen at any point which
would result in me working for peanuts or being among the long-term
unemployed. That was my argument with Stein’s article, there
are many, many people like me out there and to say that it is their
fault they are unemployed because he believes they are poor workers
is just insane.]
Regarding storming
of the Bastille, etc. The U.S. Constitution was put together by guys
specifically hoping that the people would not have to do that ever
again, but if they did, they should not be outgunned. Well, you are
indeed outgunned, and undermined by a pervasive propaganda machine,
and lulled like frogs being slowly boiled.
When a revolution shows up at the Palace gates with virtually the
whole ambulatory population in a district, the guards melt into the
crowd, and few people get hurt. As you start to show up with fewer
than 80%, things get riskier - and at 50% history shows a lot of bloodbaths.
Gandhi had much popular support, and managed by sending volunteers
to get beat up with news coverage, to turn the will of the oppressor.
However, there is another way. Form self-reliant groups with your
own scrip as currency. Replace all the non-sustainable systems in
your life, before the companies crash. Like the psychopathic people
who have risen to power, the companies also needed public accounting
and regulation to save themselves from their own design, which had
no governors except, ultimately, mother nature. - Bob of the North
"Anyway, no drug, not
even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking
for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs,
we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power."
- P. J. O’Rourke
Does
this not apply to all levels of the political process? Electors and
elected?
Can you contradict any of Stein’ s numbers? Seems to me he is saying,
It is what it is. But I do take issue with his "heart" on
the position of the "middle class". Carol T
Corporate America
is extremely, excessively and exorbitantly (plus a bunch of other
adverbs) greedy. The same is true for unions.
St. Louis, Missouri, I remember back in 1971 when General Motors went
on strike. I worked for Motors Insurance Corporation (GM’s insurance
company) and even as an office employee I couldn’t buy a part for
my car because of the strike. When the strike was over, I received
an huge raise. Unfortunately two years later staff was reduced and
being the newest employee, I was laid off.
Springfield, Missouri, I remember in 1985 when Zenith TV moved its
plant to Mexico. I wondered then about American workers being left
without jobs. It left me with a feeling of betrayal by corporate America.
It seemed as if it should be illegal.
Today if I have a question about something and on the phone I’ve reached
someone in India - I ask to speak to an American in the U.S. I never
use self-check lanes anymore because I feel each self-check lane represents
a loss of job for someone. I’m retired so I have the time to wait
in line. - Noella
[Good point on the self-check lanes Noella.
I’d never thought of it like that!]
Re: Bird Feeders
Cliff - I used to put out
several birdfeeders, and thoroughly enjoyed watching the antics of
the several flocks that came through every day - but as we now have
7 cats living here I have stopped.
It seemed cruel to entice little birds just to have them become little
cat toys. - Faithy Baltimore Maryland
We sure do feed
birds and critters in our yard - some unintentionally, like the huge
rabbit seen emerging from the vegetable garden lately. I can’t figure
out what he’s eating, though. No vegetables have been eaten. We put
up feeders only in the fall, through winter for the birds, but summer
feed is grown. I’ve finally achieved a whole line of flowers visited
by butterflies and hummingbirds this year, and am thrilled to see
both Tiger and Black Swallowtail Butterflies availing themselves of
the bounty. I hope the Monarchs will be along in a month or so. They
were here last summer. At one end of the vegetable garden the Cosmos
are beginning to bloom. They draw Goldfinshes, which are fun to watch
as they try to perch on a thin stemmed flower, which bends over under
their weight. I’ve seen aerobatics like those seen in circuses. Finches
can flip, summersault, recover and go at that flower again and again
and never work with a net because they never fall all the way to the
ground. I can tell they’re waiting and watching for that favored food
because they wake me up five minutes before the alarm would go off
every morning with delightful trilling music.
Over several winters we have seen birds watch other species and learn
how to get at suet and seed. Grackles and starlings seem to be especially
adaptable and can now cling to the suet holders the same way the woodpeckers
do it. - Nancy L in Ohio
Re: Joke
dEE’s joke about absent-minded
"Professor Thompson" was based on a true story about John
Von Neumann. He used to find his office by running his knuckles along
the hallway wall, and counting doorway interruptions. Somehow, it
left more brain cells available for his preferred circuits. Anyway,
when they moved his wife posted his grandaughter at the old house
in case he went there by habit, and when he turned up the walk, he
spotted her right away. "What are you doing here, little girl?"
he asked.
Another great mathematician, Paul Erdos, used to be passed from one
host to another, doing almost nothing but playing with fancy numbers.
When rain came in his window at night, he might notice enough to call
for his host to come and do something. Exhausted, but inspired professors
would carefully guide him on to an airplane, to be met by his next
"victim." - Bob of the North
Re: Music
I listen to most
styles of music. Two I DON’T are country and rap, (country because
I have 4 sisters and have heard enough whining for several lifetimes,
rap because it sucks, (and blows at the same time)).
My favorite genre is ’80’s heavy metal, and my favorite group is Apologetix…
they parody (not cover) groups like Aerosmith, AC/DC, Ozzy, Metallica,
et.al., and do a great job of it.
When I’m sad, I think about Paul Pelosi, and how I’m NOT HIM!
When I get a song stuck in my head I think about one I like and try
to repeat it ad infinitum, ("Rubber Ducky" becomes "Dude
Looks Like A Lady" in short order). - Bruce in Colorado
Reader Comment
The paradox…
By Dr. Bob Moorehead
(NOT written by George Carlin)
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings,
but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend
more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less.
We
have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less
time; we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less
judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less
wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too
little, drive too fast, get angry too quickly, stay up too late, get
up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk
too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We’ve learned how to
make a living, but not a life; we’ve added years to life, not life
to years.
We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing
the street to meet the new neighbor. We’ve conquered outer space,
but not inner space; we’ve done larger things, but not better things.
We’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we’ve split the atom,
but not our prejudice.
We
write more, but learn less; we plan more, but accomplish less. We’ve
learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes, but lower
morals; we have more food, but less appeasement; we build more computers
to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have
less communication; we’ve become long on quantity, but short on quality.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men, and
short character; steep profits, and shallow relationships. These are
the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure, but
less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.
These are days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses,
but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers,
throw away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills
that do everything from cheer to quiet to kill.
It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in
the stockroom; a time when technology has brought this letter to you,
and a time when you can choose either to make a difference, or to
just hit delete…
There is much wisdom in that…
Sincerely, - Dora in Denver
|
| |
Disclaimer- All quotes printed in this publication are believed to be
accurately attributed, but no guarantees are made that some incorrectly
attributed, or even outright false quotes won’t get in here from time
to time. I assure readers that I will do my best to weed out incorrect
quotes, and will print a retraction as soon as I become aware of any errors.
|
Click here to see the archives of past issues, or go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reallygoodquotes/messages.
If you run across something really outstanding when perusing the archives,
I’d appreciate it if you’d mail me at TheBestOfRGQ@yahoo.com
and point it out to me. I’m in the process of compiling an e-book
called, not surprisingly, The Best of RGQ, and I’d like to hear from you
which pieces impacted you the most. |
| Questions?
Comments? Want to contribute a joke or a quote or an image? Feel free
to e-mail
at reallygoodquotes@gmail.com.
We’d love to hear from you! We’ll even publish your comments, if they
make any sense! 
If
you’d like to receive RGQ by email, please send a blank e-mail
to reallygoodquotes-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
We
can’t imagine why you’d want to, but if you choose to unsubscribe, please
send a blank e-mail to reallygoodquotes-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Should you choose to unsubscribe, please e-mail
us and tell us why. We listen to what people say, even if they’re
leaving us.
|
